Bill Text: NY S06838 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain lands in the borough of Manhattan, county of New York to be used for social service programs, educational programs, and affordable senior housing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-03 - PRINT NUMBER 6838A [S06838 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6838
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 18, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations
       AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general  services  to  sell  and
         convey  certain state lands in the borough of Manhattan, county of New
         York to be used for a multi-service center to encourage local economic
         development, social services, education and housing
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The commissioner of general services is hereby authorized
    2  and empowered to sell and convey to  Acacia  Network,  a  not-for-profit
    3  corporation  organized  and  existing under the laws of the state of New
    4  York, 128 East 112th Street Manhattan, New  York,  including  lands  and
    5  improvements thereof generally bounded and described as:
    6    All  the  tract  of  land  known  as 128 East 112th Street, located in
    7  section 6, block 163, lot 62, in the borough of Manhattan, city,  county
    8  and state of New York.
    9    S  2.  The  time and terms and conditions, including consideration, of
   10  this conveyance, shall be determined  by  the  commissioner  of  general
   11  services.   Such transfer and conveyance shall be to advance some public
   12  purpose to be specified in the  contract  impending  such  transfer  and
   13  conveyance.
   14    S  3.  The  description  in section one of this act of the lands to be
   15  conveyed is not intended to be a legal description, but is intended only
   16  to identify the premises to be conveyed.  As  a  condition  of  purchase
   17  Acacia  Network shall submit to the commissioner of general services for
   18  approval an accurate survey  and  description  of  the  lands  generally
   19  described  in  section one of this act, which may be used in the convey-
   20  ance thereof.
   21    S 4. The commissioner of general services shall not grant  the  afore-
   22  said land unless application is made therefore by Acacia Network, within
   23  one year after the effective date of this act.
   24    S  5.  Any  lands  including improvements thereon conveyed pursuant to
   25  this act shall be used as a  multi-service  center  to  encourage  local
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  economic  development, social services, education and housing; provided,
    2  however, that the land authorized to be conveyed by this act, after such
    3  conveyance, shall revert to the state if such land  shall  cease  to  be
    4  used by Acacia Network for the purposes provided in this section.
    5    S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.